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Chantal - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Chantal
 
 

 



[ 2 syll. (c)han-tal, ch-ant-al ] The girl name Chantal is pronounced as CHAENTahL KEY.

1: Chantal is mainly used in Dutch, English, and French, and it is of Old Provençal origin. From the element 'cantal' with the meaning stone, boulder. The first name is derived from the French surname; it was first bestowed in tribute to Saint Jeanne Françoise Frémont de Chantal (1572-1641) who founded the Visitation order of nuns. She married the Baron de Chantal, whose surname is of a place name in Saône-et-Loire, and ultimately of the Old Provençal 'cantal'. The name was later associated with the French 'chant'. It is popular among French speakers in Canada.

The name Chantal is widely used; it has 67 variations that are used in both English and other languages. English variations of Chantal include Chandal, Chantaal, Chantae, Chantael, Chantai, Chantall, Chantara, Chantarai, Chantasia, Chantay, Chantaye, Chante, Chantea, Chanteau, Chantee, Chanteese, Chantel, Chantela, Chantele, Chantell, Chantella, Chantelle, Chanter, Chantey, Chantez, Chantiel, Chantielle, Chantil, Chantila, Chantill, Chantille, Chantle, Chantoya, Chantra, Chantrel, Chantrell, Chantrelle, Chantress, Chantri, Chantrice, Chantriel, Chantrill, Chaunta, Chauntay, Chaunte, Chauntel, Chauntell, Chauntelle, Chawntelle, Chonda, Chontel, Shanda, Shantay, Shantel, Shaunda, Shaunta, Shauntell, Shawnda, Shawnta, Shawntile, Shawntille, Shonda, and Shonta. Other English variants include the short form Chanta, and the pet form Shantae. Variations of Chantal used in other languages include the French Chantale and the French Chantalle.

2: Chantal's origin, as well as its use, is in the French language. Derived from the word chant which means 'song'. It represents the transferred use of the geographic name and the surname as a given name.

Chantal is rare as a baby girl name. At the modest peak of its usage in 1990, 0.021% of baby girls were given the name Chantal. It was #552 in rank then. The baby name has suffered a marked decline in popularity since then, and is of only very light use today. Out of all girl names in its family, Chantal was nonetheless the most popular in 2007.

Baby names that sound like Chantal include Chantall (English), Chantle (English), Chandal (English), Chantaal (English), Chantael (English), Chantale (French), Chantalle (French), Chantel (English), Chantell (English), Chantil (English), Chantill (English), Chantille (English), Chontel (English), Chantela (English), Chantele (English), Chantella (English), Chantiel (English), and Chantila (English).

KEY: English pronunciation for Chantal: CH as in "cheese (CH.IY.Z)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)"


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